| Ablative armor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (203 words) |
 | In contemporary spacecraft, ablative plating is most frequently seen as heat shielding for a vehicle that must enter atmosphere from orbit, such as on the Mars Pathfinder probe. |
| In a hypothetical military application, ablative armor would undergo a state change on weapon impact, perhaps vaporising, or disintegrating to a fine powder. |
| Ablative armor is distinct from the concept of reactive armor, which uses a sandwich layer of explosives to disrupt the thrust of armor piercing ammunition, and is actually in common use in modern armored vehicles. |
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